Garment-cabinet.



No. 765,384. PATENTED JULY 19, 1904. G. GROSSMAN.

GARMENT CABINET.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN 27 1903 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE GROSSMAN, OFNEVV YORIQN. Y.

GARMENT-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 765,384, dated July 19, 1904.

Application filed January 2'7, 1903. Serial No. 140,742. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE GRossMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in New York, borough of Manhattan, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment-cabinets which are adapted to be used by retail tailors, clothing-stores, and others for the storage of a large number of ready-made suits in such a manner that they can be conveniently exhibited to customers and after exhibition stored again in such a manner that they are fully protected against dust, &c.; and for this purpose the invention consists of the novel features hereinafter set forth and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved garment-cabinet, showing the same in closed position. Fig. 2 is aperspective View showing the same in open position with the doors folded onto the outside of the side walls. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section through the cabinet, with the door in closed position, showing the supporting devices at the inside of the same. Fig. 4: is a like section showing the garment-supporting mechanism moved out in front of the cabinet, and Fig. 5 is a'detail front view of the lever mechanism by which the garmentsupporting mechanism is operated.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A. represents the main portion or casing of my improved garment-cabinet, which is made of any suitable wood and provided at its front part with two doors B, which are hinged to the side walls of the casing in such a manner that the doors can be bodily swung over through an I angle of two hundred and seventy degrees until they arrive alongside of the side walls, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to be moved "entirely out of the way. The hinged front doors are preferably provided with glass panes; but in some-cases the inside with mirrors, so that when the doors are folded over these mirrors can be used by the customer. At the interior of the cabinet are arranged on the side walls of the same slotted metallic guideways G, which are attached to the side walls and which serve to support slide-pieces D, that are provided with flanged antifriction-rollers cl, preferably two in number, which enter between said guideways, so that the slide-pieces may be moved without friction or noise back and forth on the side walls. The slide-piecesD are extended sufficiently beyond the antifriction-rollers so that when they are moved forward their front ends project beyond the plane of the front part of the cabinet. the slide-pieces D support a transverse hangersupporting rail E of round or other cross-section, to which the coat-supporting hangers e are hung at their upper hook-shaped ends, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. The hangers are thereby supported parallel with each other and with the side walls of the cabinet, but at right angles to the front plane of the same. In this manner a plurality of, say, from twenty to twenty five supporting hangers can be arranged alongside of each other on a rail of a certain length, and in this manner the garments of different styles, materials, and sizes supported. The rear end of the slide-pieces D are also connected by a transverse rod E, which may be made of less size than the front garment-supporting rail, said rod being engaged by a slotted arm F, the lower end of which is attached to a pivot-rod F, that extends likewise transversely through the cabinet from one side wall to the other, said rod F being provided with a lever H, that extends in forward direction, so as to be conveniently operated by means of an operating-handle H", whereby the slidepieces and the garments supported on the rail of the same are moved in outward direction for convenient exhibition by the salesman.

The operating-handle H is so located as to be entirely within the casingin any position of the slide-pieces, as shown in Figs. 2, 3. and 4, and is independent of the doors B. The forward motion of the slide-pieces is limited by The front ends of the abutment of the antifriction rollers cl against the forward end of the guide-slot C, as shown in Fig. 4, while the backward or return motion is limited by the contact of the slotted lever-arm with the back of the casing, as shown in Fig. 3. I

The arm F and lever H form together a bell-crank lever.

At the lower part of the cabinet is arranged asliding shelf H,which is placed either loosely therein or preferably guided in ways of the side walls, said shelf being provided with a front portion H and a front ledge h for being readily taken hold of and moved bodily forward. On this shelf the folded-up trousers are supported, and by moving the shelf forward they are within convenient reach, so that the trousers corresponding to the suit can be conveniently handled.

It is evident that the trousers-supporting shelf may also be arranged at the upper part of the cabinet and the coat-supporting hangers lowered and supported about the middle of the height of the cabinet, in which case the stooping down for the trousers would be obviated.

The lever for operating the rail-supporting slide-pieces may be arranged along one or both side walls, according to the size of the cabinet, small sizes only requiring one lever, while for larger sizes it is preferable to have a lever at each side.

The handle H is located within the cabinet at a point which is forward of garment position when the garments are in inwardly-moved location within the cabinet. This does not mean that the handle H is forward of those garments. It means that the handle H is so located that it may be obtained and grasped by the attendant without materially disturbingthe garments. It may be and, in fact, in the position shown in Fig. 3 is within the vertical plane of the hangers e. In said Fig. 3 it is shown projecting above said hangers e. The movement of the handle H corresponds in direction with that of the garments supported from the rail E by means of the hangers-that is to say, forward when the garments move forward and backward when the garments move backward. The garments are thereby not materially disturbed during movement, and the handle H is brought when the goods are in forwardly-moved position nearer to the attendant, so as to be the more readily grasped, the attendant in this case passing his hand and arm between the garments supported from the hangers, said garments being when in forwardly-moved position of the parts (indicated in Fig. 4) forward of the handle.

The improved garment-cabinet is specially intended for clothing-stores and retailers of ready-made clothing; but it can also be used for womens garments, in which case the waists are supported on the hangers, while the skirts are arranged on the shelf. It can also be used for ladies jackets, cloaks, and other garments. The operating mechanism can also be used for the closets in hotels, private houses, and apartment-houses, in which case the guideways are attached to the side walls of the same and in which all the garments are supported from the supportingrail. It is brought forward in the closet for the convenient removal or rehanging of the garments. The supporting attachment can also be used in connection with portable wardrobes for the use of ladies and gentlemen, as the main feature of novelty consists in the mechanism by which the garment-supporting rail is moved forward or backward in the cabinet or closet. The garment-supporting attachment can also be used in store-windows for exhibition purposes in such a way that .the garments are brought close to the window when exhibited, but can be readily moved backward for hanging them up or for removing some one or the other from the hangerrail when it is required by a customer. In this case the operation would be performed in inverse order.

The advantages of the improved garmentcabinet are, first, that the garments while stored in the closed cabinet are protected against dust and unauthorized meddling; second, that it protects garments against light, which is of particular advantage with ladies garments when delicate goods are used; third, that on opening the doors the contents of the cabinet can be readily exhibited to customers and returned to the cabinet afterward; fourth, that instead of piling garments on tables for exhibition, as in the present clothing-stores, they are suspended or hung so as to be re tained in good and unwrinkled condition until sold.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A garment-cabinet, consisting of a casing, a slidable support for garment-hangers guided at the upper part of the casing, a rod connecting the rear ends of the support, a horizontal shaft journaled in the side walls of the casing near the rear thereof, an arm secured on each end of said shaft and having its upper end slotted and engaging said rod, and a vertically-swinging lever-arm secured to said shaft adjacent one side of the casing and projecting forward to the front of the same, substantially as set forth.

'2. A garment-cabinet, consisting of a casing, guideways at the upper part of the casing, a transverse support for garment-hangers sliding in said ways, means for limiting the transverse movement of said support, a rod connecting the rear ends of said support, a

horizontal shaft journaled in the side Walls of In testimony that I claim the foregoing as the casing near the rear wall, arms attached my invention I have signed my name in presto said shaft near its ends, said arms being ence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.

slotted for engaging said rod, and avertically- GEORGE GROSSMAN. 5 swinging lever-arm secured to one end of the Witnesses:

shaft and extending forward to the front of PAUL GOEPEL,

the casing, substantially as set forth. HENRY J. SUHRBIER 

